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10-11-2006, 12:58 PM

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bushings, help please asap

hey guys, i need some help. some times my car pulls to the left sometime it pulls to the right, i know its the lower controle arm bushing, but i cant seem to find that bushing, everywhere sells the whole arm, does anyone know where i can get it from, also ive seen and hear alot of people that are doing all there bushings in polly urithane. does anyone know where i can get these from? thanks in advance guys.

10-11-2006, 02:32 PM

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I was bushing polly urithane for a while. She has a weird name, but in the sack it doesn't matter.

You might try looking for polyurethane bushings. www.suspension.com sells them, among others. But IMHO, changing bushings is a pretty big pita, enough that I would buy new OEM control arms and get new balljoints too.

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10-11-2006, 02:33 PM

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just do a search on google for Energy suspension...they sell bushing for the max.

10-11-2006, 06:41 PM

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Front...spagenameZWD1V

Here you go dude. I ordered the same bushings from those guys. Good stuff. SOlved my clunky braking/shaky streering

10-11-2006, 06:50 PM

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autozone carries them special order 2 day pickup. ~$35 for the set yea i was surprised myself 7.3111G

10-12-2006, 07:57 AM

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autozone carries them special order 2 day pickup. ~$35 for the set yea i was surprised myself 7.3111G

is this for the set of 2 or pair of 2? I am looking into do this as well.

10-12-2006, 12:40 PM

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are they from energy suspension? just get from the ebay link that i provided

10-12-2006, 02:53 PM

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You can buy them from Cattman.com too. Support your Maxima.org sponsors!

10-12-2006, 03:00 PM

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just wat i was looking for

10-12-2006, 03:57 PM

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yea it's for the set of two. both sides. with all lubricant and hardware, but i'd pay a few bucks more at Catmman, bc Brian's a cool cat.

10-12-2006, 04:22 PM

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The bushings are most likely not the cause of your pulling. If your running low profile 45 series Z rated tires, the pull your feeling is probably caused by road surfaces. Z rated low profile tires will follow road irregularities, ruts and left or right tips. Have your alignment checked to make sure the front end is tracking properly as well. If the front toe and camber are off, the tracking and pulling gets worse.

10-12-2006, 06:09 PM

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I've got the same problems: pulling when braking, shaky wheel on the freeway and now I've developed a clunking when hitting bumps. I plan to have my mechanic take care of it (I don't have the stomach for suspension work). Would it be better to replace both control arms and ball joints or just have them put in new bushings? Anybody have an idea what a reasonable price for this work is?